Mean Moms - by Emma Rosenblum (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Meet Frost, Morgan, and Belle--a wealthy, gorgeous group of New York City moms, the queen bees of downtown Manhattan. Their children attend Atherton Academy, the top private school in the city, and their social lives revolve around elaborate themed parties. On the first day of school, the arrival of a new mom and mysterious beauty from Miami, Sofia shakes up their world. When Sofia quickly integrates herself into their clique, inexplicably bad things start to happen to the women. Is someone at school out to get them?Spanning the course of one eventful school year in New York, Mean Moms is part satire of upper-crust mom-ing and part mystery, interrogating the line between friendship and jealousy, and getting at the question: What would happen if the woman standing next to you at school pickup was actually a sociopath?"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

"Emma Rosenblum has become the queen of reads about wealthy East Coast women behaving badly, and her latest is no exception...It's silly and salacious, and it contained some twists at the end that were genuinely juicy." --Glamour

Meet Frost, Morgan, and Belle--a wealthy, gorgeous group of New York City moms, the queen bees of downtown Manhattan. Their children attend Atherton Academy, the top private school in the city, and their social lives revolve around elaborate themed parties. On the first day of school, the arrival of a new mom and mysterious beauty from Miami, Sofia, shakes up their world. When Sofia quickly integrates herself into their clique, inexplicably bad things start to happen to the women. Is someone at school out to get them?

Spanning the course of one eventful school year in New York, Mean Moms is part satire of upper-crust mom-ing and part mystery, interrogating the line between friendship and jealousy, and getting at the question:

What would happen if the woman standing next to you at school pickup was actually a sociopath?

Review Quotes

Praise for Emma Rosenblum:

"Delicious...[An] addictive thriller of manners...[Rosenblum is] a keen observer of small, telling details." --New York Times

"[Rosenblum] is carving out a niche as the author of fun, outrageous books about one-percenters behaving badly, and her latest is a perfect beach read for 2025."--Library Journal

"A novel of family and romantic foibles, with a murder mystery thrown in to boot--juicy in more ways than one." --Vogue.com

"A smart, slyly observed take on power and privilege." --Town & Country

"Come for the twisted murder mystery and stay for the guaranteed drama amongst the group." --ELLE

"The Real Housewives has nothing on all these families' personal drama." --Cosmopolitan

"A delicious, dishy trip of a novel." --Bustle

"A heck of a beach read." --Kirkus (starred review)

"Rosenblum is a master of understated social satire, and her gift for capturing human follies and the dark, emotional depth of her characters through artfully rendered details make Bad Summer People a seriously compulsive read." --Shelf Awareness

"This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp. Emma Rosenblum gets to the comic heart of these nasty, nasty people. When I say she is unsparing and they are dreadful I mean it as the highest compliment. It is sinfully good like a summer cocktail you want to keep refilling. I found myself laughing out loud as I read and staying up way too late with this fabulous book." --Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and Sex and Vanity

"I am 100% invested in all the petty (and not-so-petty) drama of the delightfully messy residents of Emma Rosenblum's Fire Island. I like my beach reads either twisty, steamy, or funny and--lucky me--this was all three. Bad Summer People will absolutely be the book I push on all my friends this summer." --Chandler Baker, author of Whisper Network and The Husbands

"Like a tidbit of gossip flowing by on the sea breeze, Bad Summer People is irresistible. Funny, sexy, and scary, it made me eager to eavesdrop but glad not to be entangled in the vacation scandals dreamed up by Emma Rosenblum in her juicy debut." --Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and Fierce Little Thing

"Bad Summer People is a great summer page-turner packed with sun-soaked secrets, outrageous scandals and salacious gossip. Its cast of gloriously terrible one-percenters and the caustic wit dripping from each page make this a perfect rich-people-behaving-badly beach read. Loved it!" --Ellery Lloyd, New York Times bestselling author of The Club

"Delicious: such gossipy, naughty fun. Cancel all plans while reading--I inhaled this darkly hilarious book over one weekend and resented everything that kept me away from it." --Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment

"Fun, page-turning corporate suspense."--People

"With its comedic send-up of corporate dynamics and culture, Very Bad Company is another irresistible summer read."--W Magazine

"A darkly funny mystery about toxic corporate culture."--TIME

"Rosenblum's tale is juicy and hilarious, especially if you've ever had the misfortune of speaking to a tech bro for too long."--Glamour

"The wicked streak Rosenblum exhibited in her debut shows up here, too... This is a beach read with bite."
--Publishers Weekly

"[Rosenblum] is fantastic at showing the subtle corruption of wealth and how those who have it justify both the having and the wanting more. A fun, decadent ride."--Kirkus

"Rosenblum is a deft storyteller, juggling these points of view with ease. Readers will delight in knowing every secret while waiting for the explosive denouement."--Booklist

About the Author

Emma Rosenblum is the bestselling author of Bad Summer People and Very Bad Company. She lives in New York City with her family.